Readerpix: Pier A Fountain!
08
July
7/8/2009:
Yesterday, I posted a photo of a “dry” Pier A water fountain. It had been inoperative weeks after other park fountains had been turned on. I guess I forgot to check my watch, because the fountain had been turned on about a week ago already!
Hoboken411 readers Kristen and TJD sent some separate shots afterward, which I combined into one.
Hoboken411 reader(s) photo(s) of the day – 7/8/2009
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July 8th 2009 - 12:05:09 |
Maybe the sign refers to bathing with soap and stuff.
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July 8th 2009 - 13:51:04 |
Possibly the water is recycled through a pump and not a fresh water supply.
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July 8th 2009 - 13:58:44 |
East River = most polluted river on the eastern seaboard…gross
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July 8th 2009 - 15:30:55 |
The East River is like Evian compared to the Gowanus Canal.
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July 8th 2009 - 16:14:56 |
No its not…
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July 8th 2009 - 19:04:16 |
Berry’s Creek is up there, too.
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July 8th 2009 - 19:13:37 |
The creek,bound creek, that surrounds newark airport trumps all.
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July 8th 2009 - 19:17:45 |
Rank River/Waterbody States with toxic discharges contributing to water pollution Total pounds of
direct toxic
discharges to water
(1990-1994)
1 Mississippi River TN, AR, LA, MO, IL, MN, WI, IA, KY, MS 702,496,748
2 Pacific Ocean OR, HI, CA 35,195,908
3 Ohio River IL, IN, OH, KY, WV, PA 22,072,491
4 Tennessee River KY, TN, AL 22,031,743
5 Houston Ship Channel TX 18,235,338
6 Ward Cove AK 14,261,169
7 Savannah River GA, SC 13,968,965
8 Delaware River DE, PA, NJ 13,329,248
9 Thames River CT 13,312,639
10 Grays Harbor WA 10,840,795
11 Rock River IL, WI 8,165,469
12 Straits Of Juan De Fuca WA 7,899,229
13 Amelia River FL 7,461,070
14 Gravelly Run VA 6,330,209
15 Calcasieu River LA 5,427,508
16 Ouachita River AR, LA 4,925,933
17 Mobile River AL 4,572,055
18 Columbia River WA, OR 4,368,387
19 Holston River TN 4,098,240
20 Genesee River NY 3,672,733
21 Kansas River KS 3,420,965
22 Martins Creek MS 3,339,065
23 Indiana Harbor Ship Canal IN 2,578,038
24 Brazos River TX 2,442,430
25 Cuyahoga River OH 2,427,663
26 Patapsco River MD 2,329,123
27 Kanawha River WV 2,320,910
28 Susquehanna River PA, NY 2,144,339
29 Quinnipiac River CT 2,105,384
30 Fenholloway River FL 1,896,369
31 Cedar River IA 1,881,803
32 Everett Harbor WA 1,749,650
33 Hudson River NJ, NY 1,729,084
34 Missouri River NE, KS, MO, ND, IA 1,727,759
35 Neches River TX 1,645,307
36 Alabama River AL 1,613,809
37 Escambia Bay FL 1,568,522
38 Wisconsin River WI 1,553,152
39 Wabash River IL, IN, OH 1,532,308
40 Blackwater River VA 1,488,346
41 Detroit River MI 1,449,750
42 Little Attapulgus Creek GA 1,431,183
43 Androscoggin River ME, NH 1,388,133
44 Escatawpa River MS 1,358,148
45 Pigeon River NC 1,325,423
46 Cook Inlet AK 1,322,140
47 Cape Fear River NC 1,319,953
48 Des Moines River IA 1,270,304
49 Tombigbee River MS, AL 1,210,471
50 Willamette River OR 1,202,737
Source: Environmental Working Group. Compiled from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory 1990-1994.
The River Ganges, with a length of 2,510km, is one of the major international rivers of the world. The river and its tributaries pass through several densely populated areas of India, Bangladesh and Nepal. Millions of people in these countries are dependent upon this river for drinking water, irrigation, navigation and the provision of hydroelectric power. However, the Ganges has become one of the most polluted rivers in the world and the quality of life of its people has fallen to an alarming scale within the past few decades. Many small tributes of the Ganges have either dried up or the volume of water in these rivers has decreased alarmingly during the dry season owing to deforestation across northern India and Nepal Himalayan region and othe climatic changes.
Worst River Pollution
In November, 1986, firefighters tackling a blaze at the Sandoz chemical works in Basel, Switzerland, flushed a total of 30 tonnes (29.5 tons) of agricultural chemicals into the Rhine River, killing 500,000 fish.
I’m not this smart I just searched for this info on the web out of curiosity! lets purify before we all die!
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July 8th 2009 - 22:09:04 |
Funny. I don’t see the East River on that list.
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July 8th 2009 - 22:10:05 |
The Hudson river is, and it’s no surprise. Parts of it smell funk-nasty enough.
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July 8th 2009 - 23:36:43 |
Regarding Berry’s Creek:
“The creek has been measured as having the highest concentration of mercury of any fresh-water sediment in the world, the result of the discharge of 268 tons of mercury-contaminated toxic waste into the creek between 1929 and 1974.” – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berrys_Creek
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July 9th 2009 - 08:48:52 |
The Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn has an oxygen level too low to support life. The oxygen levels within the Canal currently test at around 1.5 parts per million (4 parts per million are needed to sustain life). The Canal has been the dumping ground for untold amounts of chemicals, metals and garbage for about 150 years.
What is also noteworthy is Toll Brothers has approval to build 460 condos right on the canal. The city of NY is fighting with the EPA to keep the Canal from being designated a Super Fund cleanup site since that will scare away potential condo buyers.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/24/science/earth/24gowanus.html
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July 9th 2009 - 11:17:00 |
Id go swimming in the Mississip before I go swimming in East River…you know you would do the same…and the Hudson is not even near as bad as the East…esp if you go upstate and cross it on the thruway where it is not even a quarter of the width it is down here…
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July 12th 2009 - 21:20:26 |
That’s because the figures above are for total pounds of pollutants, which is not a very good method for comparing the Pacific Ocean to the Indiana Harbor Ship Canal. A better method of comparing relative pollution would be parts per million or turgidity or some combination.
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